Cupisnique culture

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Andean culture archaeological culture pre-Columbian culture

The Cupisnique culture was an early pre-Columbian civilization on Peru’s northern coast, noted for its sophisticated ceramics and as a precursor to later Andean cultures such as the Chavín.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Cupisnique culture canonical 6
Cupisnique sites 1
Gallinazo culture 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Andean culture ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ
pre-Columbian culture ⓘ
cultivated beans ⓘ
cotton ⓘ
maize ⓘ
squash ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
endTime c. 500 BCE ⓘ
hasArtStyle Cupisnique architectural style ⓘ
Cupisnique ceramic style ⓘ
hasFeature coastal and valley settlements ⓘ
complex religious ideology ⓘ
iconographic continuity with Chavín ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ
hasReligion Andean polytheism ⓘ
hasTypeOfArtifact mold-made ceramics ⓘ
monumental architecture ⓘ
ritual objects ⓘ
stirrup-spout vessels ⓘ
influenced Chavín culture ⓘ
knownFor composite supernatural beings in art ⓘ
feline motifs ⓘ
religious iconography ⓘ
serpent motifs ⓘ
sophisticated ceramics ⓘ
languageFamily unknown ⓘ
locatedIn Peru ⓘ
South America ⓘ
northern coast of Peru ⓘ
majorSite Cerro Blanco (Jequetepeque Valley) ⓘ
Kuntur Wasi ⓘ
Limoncarro ⓘ
Pacopampa ⓘ
Tembladera ⓘ
partOf Andean civilization ⓘ
surface form: Andean civilizations
predecessorOf Chavín culture ⓘ
region Chicama Valley ⓘ
Jequetepeque Valley ⓘ
Moche Valley ⓘ
startTime c. 1500 BCE ⓘ
timePeriod Early Horizon ⓘ
Formative Period of the Andes ⓘ
usedMaterial adobe ⓘ
clay ⓘ
stone ⓘ
usedTechnology ceramic molds ⓘ
irrigation canals ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Early Horizon → influencedCulture → Cupisnique culture ⓘ
Andes cultural area → includesCulture → Cupisnique culture ⓘ
Early Intermediate Period → hasMajorCulture → Cupisnique culture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gallinazo culture
Moche Valley → hasArchaeologicalCulture → Cupisnique culture ⓘ
Moche Valley → hasArchaeologicalCulture → Cupisnique culture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salinar culture
Formative Period in the Andes → hasNotableSite → Cupisnique culture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cupisnique sites
Formative Period in the Andes → hasNotableCulture → Cupisnique culture ⓘ
Formative Horizon → associatedWithCulture → Cupisnique culture ⓘ
Kuntur Wasi → associatedWith → Cupisnique culture ⓘ